Drug testing and court review hearings: uses and limitations

McSweeney, Tim, Stevens, Alex, Hunt, Neil, Turnbull, Paul J. (2008) Drug testing and court review hearings: uses and limitations. Probation Journal, 55 (1). pp. 39-54. ISSN 0264-5505. (doi:10.1177/0264550507085678) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:13329)

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0264550507085678

Abstract

The ability of the UK criminal justice system to divert drug-dependent offenders into treatment has been enhanced during recent years. Despite the rapid expansion of such coercive measures, research findings to date are equivocal

about their impact. This article draws on qualitative data from in-depth interviews with professionals and those mandated to treatment by the courts to assess the

uses and limitations of two defining features of court-ordered drug treatment in Britain and elsewhere – drug testing and court review hearings – as a means of

promoting and monitoring compliance with the conditions of these disposals.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1177/0264550507085678
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User:	Alex Stevens
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2009 14:14 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 09:46 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13329 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Stevens, Alex.

Creator's ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-3871
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Hunt, Neil.

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